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Revision: miles@gnu.org--gnu-2004/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-716 Merge from gnus--rel--5.10 Patches applied: * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2004/gnus--rel--5.10--patch-74 Update from CVS 2004-12-02 Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> * lisp/gnus/message.el (message-forward-make-body-mml): Remove headers according to message-forward-ignored-headers if a message is decoded. 2004-12-02 Romain Francoise <romain@orebokech.com> * lisp/gnus/message.el (message-forward-make-body-plain): Always remove headers according to message-forward-ignored-headers. 2004-11-26 Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> * lisp/gnus/lpath.el: Remove bbdb-create-internal, bbdb-records, spam-BBDB-register-routine and spam-enter-ham-BBDB. * lisp/gnus/nnrss.el (nnrss-string-as-multibyte): Redefine it as a macro in order to silence the byte compiler. * lisp/gnus/pop3.el (pop3-md5): Define it before being used. * lisp/gnus/spam.el: Fix the way to silence the byte compiler, which complained about bbdb-buffer, bbdb-create-internal, bbdb-search-simple, mail-check-payment, spam-BBDB-register-routine, spam-enter-ham-BBDB, spam-stat-buffer-change-to-non-spam, spam-stat-buffer-change-to-spam, spam-stat-buffer-is-non-spam, spam-stat-buffer-is-spam, spam-stat-load, spam-stat-register-ham-routine, spam-stat-register-spam-routine, spam-stat-save and spam-stat-split-fancy. 2004-11-26 Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> * lisp/gnus/canlock.el (canlock-password): Remove `:size 0' or `:size 1' which may confuse users. (canlock-password-for-verify): Ditto. * lisp/gnus/deuglify.el (gnus-outlook-deuglify-unwrap-stop-chars): Ditto. * lisp/gnus/gnus-art.el (gnus-emphasis-alist): Ditto. * lisp/gnus/gnus-registry.el (gnus-registry-max-entries): Ditto. * lisp/gnus/gnus-score.el (gnus-adaptive-word-length-limit): Ditto. * lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el (gnus-save-killed-list): Ditto. * lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el (gnus-thread-hide-subtree): Ditto. (gnus-sum-thread-tree-root): Ditto. (gnus-sum-thread-tree-false-root): Ditto. (gnus-sum-thread-tree-single-indent): Ditto. * lisp/gnus/message.el (message-courtesy-message): Ditto. (message-archive-note): Ditto. (message-subscribed-address-file): Ditto. (message-user-fqdn): Ditto. * lisp/gnus/spam-report.el (spam-report-gmane-regex): Ditto. * lisp/gnus/spam.el (spam-blackhole-good-server-regex): Ditto. 2004-11-25 Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de> * lisp/gnus/message.el (message-forbidden-properties): Fixed typo in doc string. 2004-11-25 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> * lisp/gnus/message.el (message-strip-forbidden-properties): Bind buffer-read-only (etc) to nil. 2004-11-25 Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de> * lisp/gnus/gnus-util.el (gnus-replace-in-string): Added doc string. * lisp/gnus/nnmail.el (nnmail-split-header-length-limit): Increase to 2048 to avoid problems when splitting mails with many recipients. 2004-11-23 Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> * lisp/gnus/rfc2047.el (rfc2047-header-encoding-alist): Add In-Reply-To to address-mime. Suggested by ARISAWA Akihiro <ari@mbf.ocn.ne.jp>. 2004-11-22 Marek Martin <marek.martin@mum.pri.ee> (tiny change) * lisp/gnus/nnfolder.el (nnfolder-request-create-group): Save current buffer. 2004-11-22 Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de> * man/message.texi (Various Message Variables): Mention that all mail file variables are derived from `message-directory'. * man/gnus.texi (Splitting Mail): Clarify bogus group. 2004-11-16 Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de> * man/gnus.texi (Filtering Spam Using The Spam ELisp Package):
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1 Emacs for Windows NT/2000 and Windows 95/98/ME
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3 Copyright (c) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4 See the end of the INSTALL file in this directory for copying permissions.
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6 This directory contains support for compiling and running GNU Emacs on
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7 Windows NT, Windows 95, and their successors. This port supports all
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8 of the major functionality of the Unix version, including
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9 subprocesses, windowing features (fonts, colors, scroll bars, multiple
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10 frames, etc.), and networking support.
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12 Precompiled distributions are also available; ftp to
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16 for the latest precompiled distributions.
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20 See the INSTALL file in this directory for detailed instructions on
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21 building and installing Emacs on your system.
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23 * Further information
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25 There is a web page that serves as a FAQ for the Windows port of
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26 Emacs (a.k.a. NTEmacs) at:
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28 http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html
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30 There is also a mailing list for discussing issues related to this
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31 port of Emacs. For information about the list, see this Web page:
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33 http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows
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35 To ask questions on the mailing list, send email to
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36 help-emacs-windows@gnu.org. (You don't need to subscribe for that.)
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37 To subscribe to the list or unsubscribe from it, fill the form you
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38 find at http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows as
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39 explained there.
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41 Another valuable source of information and help which should not be
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42 overlooked is the various Usenet news groups dedicated to Emacs.
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68 95 or 98 including service pack level if known). If the bug is
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